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34 Stuart SearleCity’s number one chats with us about the hopes he holds for his future with the Clarets following his summer switch to Melbourne Park.

46 City A-ZTrevor Smith continues to look back through the archives as we bring you every player to have pulled on the claret and white over the years.

82 Next Up: Gloucester CityWith just one more game to play before the FA Cup First Round Proper, City have been drawn at home to Gloucester on Saturday - we preview the opposition here.

14 Match Action: TonbridgeCity got their FA Cup campaign underway with a 3-0 victory over Tonbridge Angels here at Melbourne Park; we take a look back at the match action.

54 City ApprenticesThere was a first defeat for the new City Apprentices recently as they fell short against a Redbridge side. Kirk Game and Stuart Slater bring you the latest.


Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome back to Melbourne Park for tonight’s fixture with Eastleigh.

I would like to welcome back the players, officials and supporters of Eastleigh and hope that they enjoy their stay with us at Melbourne Park followed by a safe journey home later on tonight.

Well, it has been exactly one month to the day since our last home league fixture and, tonight, we face a very tough encounter against a full-time Eastleigh side. They certainly showed what they can do on Saturday by defeating the, then, joint leaders of the division, Welling, by three goals to nil. Glenn and the lads will be looking for another three points to put the club right on the edge of the play-offs before FA Cup action takes precedence this coming Saturday.

In our last home game way back on the 15 October city faced Tonbridge Angels in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round and, following the 2-2 draw just two weeks before, City expected to battle hard to progress in this season’s competition. However, the boys put in a great performance and secured a 3-0 victory to book a place in the next round where we were paired with the current leaders of the Ryman Premier League, Lowestoft Town.

What was thought would be a real tough encounter turned into a stroll as City secured a 5-2 victory, despite going behind after sixteen minutes. City made light work of the ‘Trawlermen’ and moved forwards into the draw for the Fourth Qualifying Round.

With the Conference National clubs joining, all City could hope for was a home draw and this was exactly what we got as we were paired with Matt Lock’s Gloucester City. Gloucester are currently mid-table in the Conference North and the side who eliminated us from last season’s FA Trophy competition.

In between these cup games City have picked up a further four points on the road. Unfortunately an injury time equaliser was conceded at Maidenhead but, on Saturday, tables were turned as Adam Tann secured an injury time winner at Salisbury.

Finally, don’t forget that City are at home to Gloucester City on Saturday in the FA Cup - a real chance to progress into the First Round Proper and, once again, face Football League opposition.

Up the City, wheel ‘em in!

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Welcome to Melbourne Park

Southern League Champions:1945/6, 1967/8, 1971/2Southern League Runners-Up:1948/9, 1963/4, 1965/6, 1985/6Southern League Eastern Champions:1939/40Isthmian League Champions:2007/8Southern League Southern Champions:1997/8Southern League Cup Winners:1945/6, 1959/60, 1990/1Southern League Cup Runners-Up:1939/40, 1960/1Non-League Champions Cup Winners:1971/2Eastern Floodlight Competition Winners:1966/7, 1974/5, 1977/8, 1981/2, 1982/3, 1986/7Eastern Floodlight Competition Runners-Up:1965/6, 1967/8, 1968/9, 1980/1Eastern Floodlight Competition Cup Winners:1972/3Essex Professional Cup Winners:1957/8, 1969/70, 1970/1, 1973/4, 1974/5Essex Professional Cup Runners-Up:1964/5, 1966/7, 1967/8, 1969/70, 1971/2Essex Senior Cup Winners:1985/6, 1988/9, 1992/3, 2002/3, 2008/9Essex Senior Cup Runners-Up:1980/1, 1991/2, 2007/8Essex Thameside Trophy Winners:1983/4Essex Thameside Trophy Runners-Up:1994/5FA Cup Fourth Round Appearance:1938/9FA Cup Third Round Appearance:1972/3FA Cup Second Round Appearance:1949/50, 1950/1, 1954/5, 1963/4, 1967/8, 1970/1, 1983/4, 1985/6, 1986/7, 2010/1FA Trophy Semi-Finalists:1969/70Highest Attendance:16,607 vs Colchester UnitedSouthern League, 10/09/1949Top Goalscorer:Tony Butcher, 287 goals (1957-1971)

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UBMANY MINDS ONE HEART with Mansell Wallace

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Tonight we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Eastleigh to Melbourne Park for this evening’s league clash.

We all hope that you enjoy your stay with us and would like to wish you all a safe journey home later on tonight.

Before I make any comments on the games since my last programme notes, I must report how everybody involved with the club is devastated at the news that Anthony Cook has suffered a hugely unfortunate reoccurrence of the cruciate ligament problem that kept him out for most of last season.

Scans show that he is going to be in need of a further operation that will probably keep him sidelined for the rest of this season as well. Of course we all wish him the very best and hope that he makes a full recovery so we can enjoy his talents on the park again very soon. He really is a lovely guy and will be sadly missed in the dressing room aswell as on the pitch.

On the park we seem to be stepping up a gear and good wins against Tonbridge Angels at home and Lowestoft Town away, in the FA cup, see us progress to the Fourth Qualifying Round and another chance to recapture the great away day we had at Wycombe last season.

That trip to Adams Park was certainly one of the highlights of my time as Chairman of Chelmsford City and, a year later, here we are with the possibility of another good fixture if we can get past Gloucester City at the weekend.

They beat us at Whaddon Road last year in the FA Trophy with what must be classed as one of the most dubious “goals” ever scored. We seemed to attack their goal continuously but just could not get the ball into the net; something I think that Glenn will try and redress at the weekend.

Matt Lock joined Gloucester in the summer and so it will be good to see him again this weekend. Again, Matt is another really nice guy and it is a shame that he had to return to the West Country in the summer for family reasons.

With both a draw and a win on the road in the league since our last home game,

too, we are now bouncing back up the table and sit in sixth place, four points off the play-offs and nine points behind the leaders going into tonight’s match with Eastleigh.

Looking up to the teams above you is motivational but looking down at those trying to catch you is pressure. I am sure that it will not be too long before we are back in the play-off positions ourselves and can continue to push onwards.

I would like to thank you all for supporting the team both home and away and I know that the players want success as much as the supporters. I think that the scenes behind the goal at Salisbury on Saturday demonstrated the passion that is felt between both the team and the supporters. It only remains for me to wish you all a safe journey home later on and hope that you can all make it back to Melbourne Park on Saturday for the FA Cup game with Gloucester.

Regards and best wishes,

Mansell WallaceChairman

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Macclesfield To Visit Melbourne ParkFollowing the Clarets’ stunning 4-0 victory over AFC Telford in the FA Cup First Round last weekend, Sunday afternoon’s Second Round draw paired City with Football League Two side, Macclesfield Town, to bring Football League opposition to Melbourne Park.

It’s the second round in succession that the Silkmen will have made the trip down to Essex from Cheshire, following a comfortable 3-0 win at East Thurrock United in the First Round.

The fixture is to be played in a fortnight’s time on Saturday 3 December and, in what is City’s biggest home game for over thirty years, the club has confirmed that the uncovered Ro-Ro is to be extended for next weekend, meaning that it runs across the full width of the pitch, enabling an additional 200-250 people to watch from behind that goal.

There aren’t currently any plans for fan segregation and advance tickets are only available for the Main Stand and away supporters.

The turnstiles and bar will open from midday, whilst arriving late may result in lengthy queuing and the risk of not entering the stadium before 3pm.

There is also a slight increase in admission prices for this game only, the terrace prices are: £13 adults, £9 concessions, £4 U16s. Main Stand prices are: £15 adults, £10 concessions and £5 U16s, whilst U11s prices are to remain unchanged.

The club will be taking extra care to make the game safe for all concerned with speculative searching of bags upon entry. No bottles, cans or anything which could be considered a ‘missile’ will be allowed into the ground, as per the regular conditions of entry.

Boreham Wood Trip RearrangedCity’s league fixture away to Boreham Wood has been rearranged and will now take place on Monday 12 December, kicking off at 7.45pm. City were originally due to travel to Meadow Park next Saturday but will instead be hosting Macclesfield Town in the FA Cup Second Round. The rescheduled date is subject to next Saturday’s fixture not going to a replay.

Concord Rangers In Essex Senior CupFollowing the emphatic 5-2 victory that the Clarets enjoyed over Great Wakering Rovers recently in the Essex Senior Cup Third Round, City will now play host to Concord Rangers in the next round. The tie has been set for Monday 28 November with a 7.30pm kick-off at Melbourne Park. The tie sees a rematch of the 2009 final against Rangers, where City ran out as 2-0 winners from goals by David Rainford and Ricky Holmes.

Special Guest At Retro EveningVisitors who attended the special Retro Evening held on Thursday night by the Supporters’ Club will have seen a special guest, as the FA Cup came to Melbourne Park. The evening, which gave everyone the opportunity to replay the 1960s with guests from the old City and Romford teams, saw the FA Cup trophy sit in the club house where supporters were able to pose with the silverware.


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Welcome back to Melbourne Park tonight for this evening’s game with Eastleigh.

The Tonbridge game was our opportunity to make amends for the league game the week before and, with lessons learnt, we dominated the game; clinical with our finishing and fully concentrated on our discipline and defending.

The victory saw us into Qualifying Round Three where we were given a difficult task against highly-rated Lowestoft Town on their own patch. It took twenty minutes to get going and we were one down but, once we scored a quick double, I felt we took control.

Sandwiched between those cup matches was a trip to Maidenhead and we started very well; taking an early lead when Kezie Ibe finished after good work from Cliff Akurang. A number of chances fell our way but we didn’t capitalise on them.

We rued those missed opportunities as we conceded a last minute goal and, with it, dropped two points. I felt that we were a little naive in our professionalism in seeing out those remaining seconds on the day, but the players will have learnt from that and know that we need to close games out.

Our next port of call was Salisbury who

have a very good home record and are also one of the full-time teams in our league so we always knew it was a big task. After a long journey down there we took very little time to get into the game, and the first forty-five minutes passed by without any incident for either side.

Once the game got a little stretched in the second half we began to build good passages of play and the last twenty minutes saw us create some decent openings.

With time running out, we eventually took one as Adam Tann capped an excellent performance by tapping in the winner to give us a hard-earned three points.

Salisbury are the best team we have played so far this season, so it’s a testament to the players’ performances and fitness levels that we could go on to secure a very important three points.

We did receive some bad news this week with Anthony Cook suffering a ruptured cruciate ligament against Maidenhead and requiring surgery. Cooky has worked so hard to get back and everyone at the club is devastated for him but, knowing his character, he will take every positive to come back stronger and fitter.

Elsewhere on the injury front, David Rainford is making progress and will

hopefully be available on Saturday, whilst Craig Parker is in full training now and will be involved in the Essex Senior Cup game with Great Wakering next week.

We’ve also signed Michael Bakare this week and I’d like to officially welcome him to the club. He’ll bring both good competition for places up top and something different to the mix. His goalscoring record this season is excellent and I’m really looking forward to working with him.

Tonight’s game sees my old team mate, Ian Baird, bring his Eastleigh side to Melbourne Park.

They had a good result at the weekend in beating Welling comfortably and, being another full-time team, we’ll need to be at our best to maintain our push upwards.

As always, the support has been fantastic and Saturday’s scenes when we scored epitomised the spirit we’ve got here - please keep up that positive, vocal encouragement tonight as it’s so important to us.

Enjoy the game,

AFTER SATURDAY’S WINNER, THE SCENES

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Having challenged his side to call upon the memories of last season’s superb FA Cup run, City manager, Glenn Pennyfather, was delighted to see the Clarets ease past Tonbridge Angels in the Second Qualifying Round. Without a win in six league fixtures at Melbourne, a change in competition helped the Clarets to turn the tide as goalkeeper Searle returned from injury to take his place. Modeste, who scored when the sides last met less than a fortnight ago, could have put Chelmsford in front inside the first minute but he angled his side-footed finish wide of the post with the goal gaping. Akurang then went close, too, arrowing a shot into the gloves of visiting custodian, Worgan. Taylor’s fierce shot over from distance just before the half-hour was City’s one anxious moment in the first half. Clarets’ captain, Rainford, was unlucky to see a strong shot deflected wide before nodding in Corcoran’s free kick from an offside position, meaning that City had to wait until the final minute of stoppage time to take the lead as Palmer’s set-piece delivery dropped into the path of Ibe and he coolly slotted home from close range.

Ibe doubled his tally for the afternoon five minutes after half time when Modeste’s pass was cut out and fell kindly for him, setting the scene for a scintillating strike from twenty-five yards. Ibe and Cornhill both fired over in the aftermath, but the hosts made sure that there would be no repeat of letting slip another 2-0 lead against Tonbridge in the seventy-third minute when Modeste’s teasing centre was nodded into his own net by Judge. Four minutes later, Worgan upended Akurang as the striker attempted to round him leading to a penalty which Ibe took in the absence of the substituted Rainford, but this time his finish eluded him as the ‘keeper leapt to his left to push the shot to safety. However, there was still time for Angels replacement, Tim Olokunde, to be dismissed, picking up a second booking after being cautioned whilst still a sub during the opening period for making his feelings known to one of the assistant referees. Morgan forced a parried shot from Worgan before Benjamin twice went close for the Clarets late on, but Pennyfather was nonetheless pleased to see his side both victorious at home and in the hat for the Third Qualifying Round.

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It’s obviously great to get that first home win under our belts and we want to start a run of victories now by making sure it’s the first of many.

The FA Cup is a great competition and we knew if we were to progress this season then we’d have to overcome a tough start, but we’ve come through that test with flying colours.

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Despite having slid down the table somewhat since, there remains a healthy points difference between the bottom four who, already, seem to be becoming cut adrift.

With a publicly-reduced budget this season though, Goldberg is happy that his side are meeting expectations. Speaking to the BBC, he said: “I’d have hoped that we would punch beyond our weight this season and we’re exactly where I want to be at this stage.

“We’ve learned a lot of lessons. Our young players are growing in stature and gaining great experience.”

In recent weeks City have known all too well about the enjoyment of a good cup run alongside the bread and butter of league football and, whilst the Clarets entertained AFC Telford last Saturday, today’s visitors were also enjoying the FA Cup.

Bromley took a travelling army of over 1,500 supporters across London to Brisbane Road as Mark Goldberg’s men enjoyed a day out at Football League One side, Leyton Orient.

Unfortunately for the Ravens and their travelling support, Bromley bowed out of the competition to a 3-0 scoreline, but Goldberg insisted that the three-goal deficit was harsh on the Blue Square South side.

“I don’t think the game passed us by the way that in the past when we played against Colchester in the FA Cup last time [lost 4-0] where we really weren’t in the game,” he reflected after the game.

“It is fair to say certainly in the first half we controlled a lot of the game possession wise. If we had shown a little bit more composure, I think the occasion just got the better of one or two players when they had an opportunity to strike on goal.”

O’s manager, Russell Slade, was also praiseworthy of the Bromley performance, “I thought they played really well,” said the manager. “These teams lift themselves - they came here and they came with belief. They have played three cup games already so it is in their blood. It is a big occasion for them and they were terrific.”

Back to the bread and butter of league football though and Bromley have suffered a bit of a mixed bag since a promising start to the season had left the side in entrenched within the top ten after the opening eight games.


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Nickname: The Ravens

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Fixtures 2011/12Aug 13 Hampton and Richmond W 2-1

Aug 16 Boreham Wood W 4-0

Aug 20 Maidenhead United L 0-1

Aug 23 Eastbourne Borough L 0-5

Aug 27 Sutton United W 3-0

Aug 29 Dartford L 1-3

Sep 3 Eastleigh W 2-0

Sep 10 Salisbury City D 2-2

Sep 17 Staines Town L 1-4

Sep 20 Woking L 2-4

Sep 24 Welling United D 1-1

Oct 8 Havant and W W 2-1

Oct 22 Maidenhead United D 3-3

Oct 25 Dover Athletic L 0-1

Nov 5 Boreham Wood L 1-2

Nov 19 Chelmsford City

Nov 22 Hampton and Richmond

Dec 3 Eastbourne Borough

Dec 6 Dover Athletic

Dec 13 Dorchester Town

Dec 17 Farnborough

Dec 26 Tonbridge Angels

Jan 1 Tonbridge Angels

Jan 7 Basingstoke Town

Jan 14 Woking

Jan 21 Truro City

Jan 28 Weston-super-Mare

Feb 4 Havant and W

Feb 11 Staines Town

Feb 14 Thurrock

Feb 18 Salisbury City

Feb 25 Chelmsford City

Mar 3 Welling United

Mar 10 Eastleigh

Mar 17 Basingstoke Town

Mar 24 Farnborough

Mar 31 Weston-super-Mare

Apr 7 Sutton United

Apr 9 Dartford

Apr 14 Truro City

Apr 21 Thurrock

Apr 28 Dorchester Town

Commanding shot-stopper with excellent distribution, currently on loan from Southampton. Tommy joined the Saints from Tottenham where he had come through the ranks to appear regularly in the reserves. Has also had loan spells with Grimsby and Eastbourne.

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An imposing centre-back who began with Luton. Rob left in 2003 for the first of two spells with Ashford, before moving to Bishops Stortford. Spent the first half of the 2007/08 season back with Ashford before returning to Stortford from whom he joined Bromley in June 2008.

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Strong defender who is equally at home at full-back or in the centre. Ugo broke into the Rushden & Diamonds first team before joining Portsmouth, playing for the reserves. After a spell in Spain, he signed for Stafford in 2009 and then for Bromley in March 2010.

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Experienced centre-back who joined Bromley in July. Joe began at Chelsea before becoming a regular at Millwall, also playing for Northern Ireland U21s. Lost his place at Millwall after a broken leg and had loan spells at Stockport, Crawley and Brighton, then captaining Basingstoke.

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Head-to-HeadTotal Games: 15City Wins: 5Ravens Wins: 4Draws: 6

City Goals: 26Ravens Goals: 19

Biggest City Win: 3-0 (03/05/1982, 12/10/2010 & 11/01/2011)Biggest Ravens Win: 2-0 (27/11/1999)

Highest City Attendance: 1,663 (07/01/2006)Lowest City attendance: 485 (03/05/1982)

Highest Ravens Attendance: 911 (13/01/2007)Lowest Ravens Attendance: 379 (27/11/1999)

First Ever Meeting at City:City 3-0 Bromley (03/05/1982)

First Ever Meeting at Bromley:Bromley 1-1 City (12/05/1982)

Most Recent Meetings:City 2-0 Bromley (25/04/2011)Bromley 0-3 City (11/01/2011)

Left-sided player who spent a year with City before leaving for Bromley. Marlon joined the Clarets from Bishops Stortford in 2009, where he’d previously been on loan with Dagenham. Has also played for Dulwich, Yeading and Thurrock through a well-travelled career.

After a good spell at Carshalton, Liam secured a contract at Bristol Rovers in 2008. A frustrating spell spent mainly in the reserves followed, before Liam returned to non-league to also play for Margate and Tonbridge. A talented defender who signed in February.

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Former Gillingham wide-man who marked his Bromley debut in pre-season with two goals against his former side. Rory followed Neil Smith from Lewes in the summer having previously played under him at Croydon. Has also spent time with both Salisbury and Tonbridge.

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Hard-working midfielder who spent six years with Croydon Athletic moving through the academy and reserves to become a first team regular and eventually captain. Danny spent part of last season at Tooting & Mitcham United before joining Bromley in the summer.

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Now in his third spell as Bromley manager, Mark Goldberg got his first taste of football management in the 1980s with Bromley Reserves before his business career took off.

The success of his business life enabled him to buy out Crystal Palace in the late 1990s, becoming a Premier League chairman for which he remains most well-known for.

His spell at Selhurst Park lasted just eight months and ended disastrously, with the club relegated from the Premier League and placed into administration as Goldberg’s £40m investment ran out.

“Unfortunately my ideas were too big for a club like Palace,” he admitted. “I should have been more realistic but my heart was in the club and I wanted to make them great. It was just bigger than I was capable of doing.”

Mark returned to Hayes Lane to coach at youth level for the Ravens, before being appointed to the top job at Bromley five years ago.

The club has come on leaps and bounds in the past five years, opening that era with a memorable season in which his newly-assembled squad won the Kent Senior Cup and promotion to the Blue Square South via play-off victory.

At the end of the 2007/08 season, Mark stepped aside in order to concentrate on outside interests, also resigning in January before taking up the hotseat again back in June.

Exciting, teenage winger who can also play up front. Aaron earned a call up into the first team squad in the summer having impressed during his first year with the academy and immediately made his mark with goals in friendlies against Erith & Belvedere and Crystal Palace.

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Muscular striker with a combination of speed and power who signed for Bromley in July 2011. Hakeem began with Peterborough before moving on to Dagenham. After spells with Stortford and Billericay, he helped East Thurrock to the Ryman Division One North title.

Former Welsh U21 international who originally signed in 2006. Gareth began with Crystal Palace in 2001 until he moved on to join Colchester, winning League One promotion. Joined Braintree and helped Ebbsfleet win promotion last season, now returning for his third spell with Bromley.

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GK: Paul Agu - Ex-Charlton ‘keeper who, after two years as Bromleyreserve, debuted at Melbourne Park in April.

MF: Orlando Smith - In his second spell with Bromley after spendinglast season playing for Aveley.

MF: Salifou Ibrahima - Played for Cameroon in the 1999 U20 WorldCup, spending most of his career in Germany.

ST: Warren McBean - Skilful forward who helped Barnet to winningthe Conference in 2005.

ST: Leon McKenzie - Scored 19 times for Thurrock in 2009/10, beforeplaying for Billericay and Boreham Wood.

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A second-minute header from Lee Mills was the only goal of the game as Telford opened their final year prior to dissolution with, arguably, their greatest cup result.

The goal was enough to ensure that the Conference outfit hung on away to second-tier Crewe Alexandra in the FA Cup Third Round, setting Mick Jones’ side up with a tie at Millwall.

The Shropshire side thoroughly deserved the victory, increasingly growing in confidence as the clock ticked onwards and, following solid defending, chances went begging at the end to seal the game.

The hosts suffered from an array of misses as Dean Ashton, who would go on to represent England and score in an FA Cup final, put numerous chances wide of the mark.

Mills opened the scoring early on, with barely three minutes on the clock when Mills’ header caught Crewe cold, burying an in-swinging corner from Fitzroy Simpson to silence the Gresty Road crowd.

Despite being three divisions higher than their visitors, the Alex struggled to show any signs of the gulf in class and struggled on for the remainder of the half. Despite this, Telford were still hanging on through a combination of desperate defending and a lack of composure in front of goal for the home team.

The home side began to deplete, as first Varney left the field with a shoulder injury before Ben Rix followed him through fatigue. With legs growing heavier, Chris Murphy almost sealed the game for the non-leaguers as he skipped through the defence only to see his effort strike the woodwork.

Although Crewe followed suit and also hit the post as they piled on the pressure in the closing stages, Telford clung on to their solitary-goal advantage and booked a tie at the New Den in the fourth round of the competition.

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Cup defeats like that are not easy to forget and they stay with you a long time. I have been on the wrong end of a couple of results like this and they are very hard to take.

Sometimes I think fans think that the players don’t care but they should have been in the dressing rooms after the final whistle because our lads were absolutely devastated. Young lads in this team are trying to make their way in the game and they are really down about this result.

I think that was the game when the injuries really caught up with us. But we can’t be too harsh on the players because we haven’t got anyone else to go in at the moment. The fans got on their backs at times and that didn’t help either.

But take nothing away from Telford. They defended excellently and played well after they scored the goal. Their fans were superb as well and I really think they kept their players going.

I’m absolutely delighted. Our main focus is getting promotion from the Conference and we will now have three or four league games in hand, but we have to try to win every game and I cannot do anything about the euphoria of the FA Cup.

We had a gameplan and we put it into execution and we have beaten a very, very good side. We tried to let their centre-backs have the ball but they still managed to get the ball out wide and put some excellent crosses in with right foot and left and our defenders had to concentrate fully.

I told them it was a question of stopping their strikers getting across them and we did that.

I thought we may have scored too early but we stuck at it and I’m delighted for the lads, especially young lads like Ricketts and Murphy. I told them that they can aspire to be playing in Division One for teams like Crewe if they continue to play like that.

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ARE SUPPORTERS GENERALLy HAPPy WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION AT HAyES LANE?Yes, I would say so. We have reached the First Round of the FA Cup and played some nice football along the way. A good run in a County Cup (London or Kent) and avoiding relegation would be a successful season on a reduced budget.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON TO DATE?Beating Dartford 2-1 at Princes Park in the FA Cup; it was a fantastic team performance away from home and also in front of a big, hostile crowd.

ONE WIN IN EIGHT HAS SEEN THE PROMISING START SLIP AWAy, HOW DO yOU SEE THE SEASON PROGRESSING FROM HERE?The club were honest with the supporters at the start of the season about what we could expect and, at first, we over achieved. The FA Cup has taken the focus in recent times, but now we have to concentrate on staying up which I think we can.

ARE THE SUPPORTERS FULLy BEHIND MARK GOLDBERG?Yes, on the whole I would say so. I certainly am, but some people are never happy at Hayes Lane. We have achieved so much under his management, though.

WHAT HAVE yOUR IMPRESSIONS BEEN OF yOUR SUMMER ACQUISITIONS?Very good. Hakeem Araba has given us a much needed, hard-working target man up front and Danny Waldren looks great in midfield. Gareth Williams is back for his third spell with the club and is looking sharp too.

WHO DO yOU THINK ARE THE KEy PLAyERS THAT CITy SHOULD KEEP AN EyE ON TODAy?As mentioned before, Araba and Waldren are in good form, as is Williams up front and Aaron Rhule out wide. I also think Warren McBean will once again find his regular goal scoring touch now that he’s come back to the club.

WHAT IS yOUR VIEW OF BROMLEy’S PERFORMANCES ON THE ROAD?Patchy really - we have won at Havant and Eastleigh, but

got thrashed at Staines and Eastbourne. You really never know what you are going to get with the Ravens, but there are usually goals!

LOOKING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, WHAT DO yOU MAKE OF CHELMSFORD CITy AND WHERE WOULD yOU ExPECT CITy TO END UP?For a club of your size and with the support you have I can’t understand why you haven’t gone up already. I fully expect you to make it this season, if you can get over the play-off curse! There is real quality in your squad.

DO yOU HAVE ANy PARTICULAR MEMORIES OF ENCOUNTERS WITH CHELMSFORD OVER THE yEARS?We’ve done pretty well at Melbourne Park - we always come up here as underdogs but I’ve only seen us lose here twice in six visits. The 1-1 at the start of the 2006/07 season was a great game between two good teams, whilst the only time we’ve been outclassed was last Easter Monday during a very poor run in form.

WHO ARE yOU ExPECTING TO BE IN THE PROMOTION SHAKE-UP AT THE END OF THE SEASON?Chelmsford, Dartford, Welling, Woking and Dover. Eastbourne may still make a late run.

AND WHICH TEAMS CAN yOU SEE FALLING THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR?Staines, Hampton and Thurrock, although how many of them will actually go down is another thing with this league.

FINALLy, WHAT IS yOUR PREDICTION FOR TODAy’S GAME?A hard-fought and entertaining 2-2 draw. There’s usually a penalty and a red card thrown in the mix somewhere, too!

Today’s questions were answered by Colin Patrick Head, a supporter for thirty-four years! Colin gets to around half the away games since his son, Mikey, was born and has run the club’s fanzine, ‘Two Footed Tackle’, since 1996.

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Contact Chris Finch on 07990673213 or [email protected]

Welcome back to Melbourne Park for tonight’s game with Tonbridge.

I will shortly be getting a chance to really put my qualifications relating to blind football to good practice!

Essex County FA have put me in touch with their colleagues in Middlesex who are looking for a coach to deliver around forty hours of coaching at a school in Waltham Forest. The school is a centre of excellence for children with a visual impairment.

I will be coaching B1 footballers who are considered to be ‘blind’, and here is some basic information for playing blind football;

» The game is played on a solid surface.

» There are five players in each team.

» Outfield players must wear eye-patches and blindfolds.

» The goalkeeper is sighted, but cannot leave the small area in front of the goal.

» There are no offside rules.

» The football contains ball bearings so that it makes a noise

when it moves.

I have included some photos that I took of the France v China game in the Blind World Cup, staged at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford in 2010.

You will notice that in two of the photos there is a coach behind the opposing team’s goal. His job is to give information to the attacking team, such as to call them towards the goal and tell them when to shoot. They will also tap on the posts so that players know exactly where the goal is.

If you would like to see blind football being played, just do a search on YouTube - you will be amazed!

For information regarding term time sessions or any other community matters please contact me via the details below.



There is no doubt about what the biggest game City ever played against Telford was - the FA Trophy Semi-Final in 1970. That was a day and a half, that was!

The trophy was a brand new competition at the time and here we were in the last four. All that was needed was for City to win one more match and we’d be marching on down Wembley Way to cheer on the Clarets.

With excitement mounting, off we set on the road down to Swindon, way out west singing, “zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee eh, my oh my what a wonderful day!”

Don’t forget that there was no M25 in those days, it was just every man for himself on the North Circular - remember all of that nonsense? It was basically a scenic tour of north London featuring two-hundred and fifty sets of traffic lights... all of them on red!

Upon arrival at the County Ground somebody had been busy with the paint pot - all of the stands were covered head to toe in bright red, the Swindon colours. No wonder they were nicknamed the Reds or, sometimes, the Robins.

Yet everywhere you looked the place was swarming with Telford supporters - they really were great fans though; knowledgeable, noisy and very passionate about their team. Though many of them spoke a different language - their very own Black Country dialect! It was all ‘thee’ and ‘though’, a bit like Shakespeare really. Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

Anyway, as the game wore on the City fans were left pondering, “wherefore art thou goals?!” We found ourselves a goal down and with time running out fast.

We were on bended knees, praying for an equaliser. Come on City, just pop one in... it can be a fluke, a toe poke, anything - we don’t care, just make sure you hit the target. One little goal really isn’t too much to ask!

Then right at the death, Telford got a penalty - oh no! He runs up, strikes the ball and our ‘keeper saves it - oh yes, we’re still in this!

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Then calamity strikes as the referee orders the kick to be retaken and, this time, it hits the back of the net.

That was a moment that I’ll never forget; the Telford travelling support are in raptures and making so much noise that Shakespeare was shaking in his grave. But, for us, it was simply deep, deep disappointment - there was no way back now from this.

Defeat was hard to take at the time. I was a sixteen-year old lad and I went into tailspin. For a week after the game I didn’t speak, though being a moody teenager I guess nobody would have noticed any difference anyway.

I’m still not over it today. Even now, the sound of the word Telford remains enough to give me the Swindon blues. Mind you, a win today would certainly help to ease the pain, please City.

Telford went onto play the final in front of a crowd of twenty-eight thousand. So they tell me, anyway. To tell the truth, I didn’t pay much attention. Although they did lose 2-0 to Macclesfield in the final, they were back the next year to lift the trophy and, since then, they’ve won it twice more; trophy specialists, some might say!

I remember thinking in 1970 that our time would come - we are a leading non-league side so it surely won’t be long before we take our rightful place at Wembley? Here I am now, still thinking the same thing.

For God’s sake City, hurry up already - at least before I collect my bus pass.

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ity left-back, Aiden Palmer, has highlighted a “dream” tie against former club Leyton

Orient in the next stage of the FA Cup as his inspiration to advance past AFC Telford United this afternoon.

The squad will briefly put their league promotion aspirations to one side this afternoon as they meet the Shropshire club in a huge fixture, knowing a posse of ex-Premier League clubs could await them in Round Two.

But, for summer signing Palmer, it’s his old side from down the A12 in East London who he would relish facing most if City were to continue their run in the competition.

“It would definitely be the dream for me,” he declared, having been part of a Chelmsford side which sits in fifth

place in the Blue Square Bet South after gathering four more points this week.

“It’s my boyhood club and I still get on with a lot of the players and staff there so I’d love to go back there and play football.

“If we can beat Telford today and Orient

can beat Bromley, hopefully we can get the draw and go there to beat them! To defeat them and get a goal for myself would be good.”

Palmer learned his trade at Orient from the age of just nine and made his name at Brisbane Road between 2004 and 2009.

He appeared in forty-seven games for Orient, mostly in Football League One, before later going on loan to Dagenham & Redbridge before joining Bishop’s Stortford for last season.

Aiden was reunited with ex-Orient boss, Martin Ling, in January when he signed up with Cambridge United in the Conference National prior to rejoining Stortford.

He subsequently earned a trial with

Watford but arrived at Chelmsford in June with memories of playing against the Clarets fresh in his mind.

Aiden continued: “I remember one match at Stortford’s ground where I actually set-up the second goal, so they were good memories.

“That was a good game and I don’t

know how Stortford managed to draw in all honesty! Over the summer I was looking for another club but I never put myself out there.”

Palmer has scored twice this season, both straight from corner kicks, and he claims he could have been finding the back of the net more regularly if his career had taken a slightly different path.

“I actually started off as a striker when I was younger, then moved down to left wing and then further to left-back.

“I remember in one game for Middlesex U18s they put me at left-back and I was shocked at first, but I did well and ever since then I never looked back.”

Despite not actively touting himself around over the summer, Aiden was still attracting plenty of interest prior to his arrival at Melbourne Park.

“I had interest from a few other clubs but I spoke to Glenn early doors and, as soon as he said he wanted me to come down, I just knew I was coming here straight away; I knew Adam Tann from Orient and I heard that we’d signed Justin Miller.

“This is the happiest I’ve been throughout my career and every game I play with a smile on my face - it’s good to feel wanted. We’ve got a good bunch of lads and I’m enjoying my football, so you really can’t ask for much more.”

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8City have played twelve previous games on 24 October and, on Monday 24 October 2005, shared 8 goals with Staines Town; the highest number of goals scored in any of those twelve games. City fell 1-0 down after just four minutes in this Ryman League Premier Division encounter but hit back to lead 3-1 at half time. Staines hit back to lead 4-3 but City equalised in the last minute in one of the most exciting games ever in City’s history. To add to the spectacle, the match was played in driving rain.


193Most City supporters will know that local boy, Tony Butcher (pictured), holds the club’s all-time goalscoring record, finding the net on 193 occasions in league games. Butcher and Syd Plunkett, who scored one-hundred and twenty-seven league goals between 1947 and 1952, are the only City players to hit the century mark in league games with, amazingly, only another eight players getting more than fifty goals. Ricky Holmes is eleventh on the list with forty-nine goals.

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15When Andrew Fisk scored an own goal for City last Saturday at Lowestoft he became the 15th player to score for City by this method in the FA Cup. Fisk became the sixth player to do so in an away game, whilst the other nine have been scored in City home games. With Ben Judge having also scored for City in the previous round, it equals the record established in 1980-1981 when City benefited from two own goals in different games during that particular season’s cup run.

961To date, City have played 961 home league games on a Saturday which leads me on to my all-time favourite City stat. After beating Alvechurch 3-0 at New Writtle Street on Saturday 21 April 1990, City did not win another home league game on a Saturday until 11 January 1992, a gap of almost twenty-one months and a run of twenty-one games without a win. During the same timeframe, City played ten league games at home on days other than a Saturday, and, almost amazingly, did not lose one of them, registering five wins and five draws!

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BELLINGHAM Mark League Appearances: 48League Goals: 17Debut: 14th January 1995Last Game: 23rd March 1996

Arguably the most prolific striker in non-league football during the last few years, experienced hit man Bellingham joined the Pitmen from Zamaretto League rivals Leamington in May 2010.

A man who has scored goals throughout his career, Bellingham started his career in the lower reaches of the Essex Senior League, catching the eye of Chelmsford City, who signed him in July 1995. Soon after joining Chelmsford, he relocated to the West Midlands, where he went to university in Wolverhampton as he qualified as a police officer. Despite this move, he continued to play for Chelmsford, but eventually made the move to a more local side in March 1996, when he joined Halesowen Town on loan.

Cheltenham Town snapped him up in a £10,000 transfer in the summer of 1996 but he failed to make an impact at Whaddon Road and was sold to Halesowen in February 1997 in a player exchange. After spending time concentrating on his police career, he joined up with the force’s football side in the summer of 1999, with West Midlands Police lining up in the Midland Alliance. Despite scoring prolifically for the side during the 1999/00 season, two separate cruciate ligament injuries put paid to two seasons. In between his injury problems, he was selected for the England National Police squad in 2001.

After a short spell at Sutton Coldfield Town in 2001/02, he left West Midlands for Bromsgrove

Rovers in January 2004, where he averaged a goal a game during a six month spell. He joined Stourbridge, then of the Southern League Midlands, just before the start of the 2004/05 season. It was here that his truly magnificent scoring record came to the fore, with Bellingham striking sixty-one goals in one season, getting Stourbridge promoted from the Midland Alliance in 2005/06. 2007/08 saw Bellingham at his prolific best once again, scoring twenty-two goals in half a season to lift Stour towards a play off place in the British Gas Business Midlands League.

However, the striker’s injury curse struck yet again, with Bellingham ruled out for the rest of the season. Without him, Stourbridge reached the play-offs and won promotion to the Premier League in 2008/09. Despite this, Bellingham stayed at Midland level by joining ambitious Leamington in June 2008. The goals flowed for the Brakes in a similar manner that they had at Stourbridge, with Bellingham striking forty-eight goals in a season to help Leamington to promotion to the Zamaretto League Premier. In the Premier, his injury-interrupted campaign still saw him score on a regular basis, with thirty goals in thirty-three games as Leamington finished just outside the play offs.

Announced at the end of the season that he would be leaving the New Windmill, sparking a scramble from a number of clubs to secure his services for 2010/11. Hednesford manager Bernard McNally swooped to snap up Bellingham following Ross Dyer’s move to Forest Green Rovers the previous day.

BENJAMIN Ian League Appearances: 13League Goals: 2Debut: 17th August 1996Last Game: 19th November 1996

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then made a move to West Bromwich Albion for £100,000. He struggled in his early days and it was not until he joined Peterborough United that he became a first team regular. He then joined the Cobblers and, after a spell in midfield, he moved up front and won the player of the year award.

He fitted in well with Graham Carr’s side, but he later lost his place and joined a number of clubs. He helped Southend United to promotion, but was with Luton Town when they were relegated. Benjamin quit the Football League in 1996 and joined Roy McDonough’s City, however, was released after just thirteen games in a struggling side and joined Wisbech and later became manager. He also became manager of Warboys Town while working part-time for the Royal Mail postal service.

BENNETT Edgar League Appearances: 37League Goals: 6Debut: 18th September 1954Last Game: 14th April 1956

Edgar Bennett joined Luton Town in September 1952 from Vauxhall Motors as an outside right. In his two seasons there he remained a part-timer and, apart from one outing in the first team, he remained in the reserves. Coming to Chelmsford in the close season of 1954/55, he had to wait until the November to gain a regular slot in the number 7 position at the expense of Buddy Gowers. Although he started the next season in the first team, he lost his place on the wing to Les Dicker and was released in May 1956.

BENNETT Gary League Appearances: 57League Goals: 27Debut: 26th February 2000Last Game: 5th May 2001

Born in Enfield, Bennett was in the youth system at Tottenham Hotspur but began his senior career at Colchester United, for whom he played in the FA Trophy final in 1992. In 1994 he left Colchester to join Woking, and during the 1990s also played for Dagenham & Redbridge and Braintree Town, for whom he scored a record fifty-seven goals in one season.

In the 2000s he had two spells with AFC Sudbury, playing two-hundred and fifty-three games and scoring one-hundred and seventy-two goals, remaining the club’s all-time top scorer. He joined Chelmsford City (who paid £3,000 to sign him from Sudbury in 2000) and formed a formidable partnership with Steve Portway which gained City promotion to the Southern League Premier Division, before returning to Sudbury.

He also played for Witham Town, Ipswich Wanderers (where he was player/assistant manager) and Tiptree United. After playing a solitary match for Tiptree, Bennett stopped playing football and currently works as a postman.

BENNETT John League Appearances: 4League Goals: 0Debut: 16th November 1991Last Game: 21st December 1991

BENNETT Steve League Appearances: 15League Goals: 1Debut: 10th March 2003Last Game: 9th October 2004

BENNETTON David League Appearances: 13League Goals: 1Debut: 27th August 1955Last Game: 19th April 1957

A well-built and strong utility player who had just completed his National Service when he came to Chelmsford in the summer of 1955. He had been on the books at Leyton Orient without progressing to the first team. He was called up to the first team for the third game of the season following an injury to Arthur Elmes, but spent the remainder of the campaign in the reserves. He fared better the following season and was given a run in the side as a wing half in February 1957 for eleven games, but was released in May.

BENTERMAN Marc League Appearances: 1League Goals: 0Debut: 1st May 1999Last Game: 1st May 1999


If you have any information, pictures or stories about any former Chelmsford City players then please get in touch with the club to see how it could contribute.

Send an e-mail to [email protected] and we will look to add to the club’s records.


ity will play Football League club, Macclesfield Town, in the FA Cup Second

Round on Saturday 3 December at Melbourne Park and Clarets’ boss, Glenn Pennyfather, has warned his squad that they’ll only be selected for the historic game if they perform to the required levels in forthcoming domestic fixtures, starting with Bromley at home this afternoon.

City brushed aside AFC Telford United from a division above by four goals to nil last Saturday to cause an upset and capture the imagination of the local and national media.

Plans are already gathering speed off the field to stage the huge game, though Pennyfather is keen to divert the focus of his players away from the tie as they continue their promotion push.

“There are a lot of games between now and then for the players to impress me - and they’ll only get to play against Macclesfield if they do well in the games in-between,” he claimed.

“This is the icing on the cake for us, but the cake has to be made! Promotion has always been our priority and I’ve got the quality there in the squad to change things if necessary. We had players missing from some of our recent games but we still built this long unbeaten run.”

Of the draw, he said: “Ultimately I was pleased to be drawn at home, then you hold your breath to see who’s coming to Melbourne.

“I just wanted a game to give us an

opportunity of advancing. It’s not a match against the likes of the Sheffield clubs or Charlton Athletic - I watched Charlton’s game and their professionalism and fitness was far too much. But make no mistake, this is a big banana skin for Macclesfield and we’ll just enjoy the occasion.”

After today’s game with Bromley, City take on table-toppers Woking twice in a week; firstly on Tuesday night in a league encounter and then next Saturday in the FA Trophy.

Despite competing in the FA Cup, Glenn’s team happily moved up a place into fifth las Saturday as a result of a swing in Dover Athletic’s goal difference, and the Clarets’ manager knows that league form is the most important aspect of the season.

“The competition in the division is much greater this year and there are clubs starting to come to the fore,” he added.

“Other than your early leaders at the top there are other sides like Boreham Wood, who are on a winning run and came and made it very difficult for us at Melbourne. Maidenhead got a great result against Aldershot at the weekend, Dover have spent heavily and we went to Salisbury and found they were a tough nut to crack.

“Saturday’s win was a one-off result but it was also a yardstick for where we want to be. We want to be playing the likes of Telford every week, not just in cup games, and I know this squad would do well at that level.

“But we’ve got to get there first and

we’ll continue to go all out to achieve that. So far I’d give us seven out of ten, although obviously a ten in the FA Cup!

“I think we could do better and the players know that. But the positive is that I’ve watched the recordings of all of our games and, in the draws and the defeats, there isn’t a single match we couldn’t have won.

“Also, the pitch last Saturday was the best it’s been and the players trusted it more. It’s a massive boost if we can keep it like that and carry on with our away form, too.”

Pennyfather was able to run his eyes over some of the players who hadn’t been starting regularly and others coming through the ranks in last week’s 5-2 Essex Senior Cup win at Great Wakering Rovers, booking a home tie against Concord Rangers in the last 16. He appreciates the strength of his squad, but says his players are reminded not to rest on their laurels.

“I’m constantly looking at new players and if they’re available and I think they’d improve our squad then I’d like to strengthen, within the budget,” explained Pennyfather of his fifth-placed squad.

“The current individuals are performing to levels that mean I don’t have to bring anyone in with any urgency but if I didn’t keep looking elsewhere I wouldn’t be doing my job properly. We’re always speaking to people and aiming to improve.”

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Bob Batchford’s reserves team continued their excellent start to the season when they travelled to Brentwood Town at the beginning of the month in a President’s Challenge Cup Second Round tie.

City fielded a strong side with six of the starting eleven having appeared for the first team this season. The star of the show was Joe Benjamin (pictured above) who looked a class above the opposition and also went on to score a fine hat trick, with the further City goals in a 5-0 trouncing coming from both Greg Morgan and Ben Nunn (pictured right).

Manager, Bob

Batchford, also gave a run out to all three of his substitutes, Adam Vyse, Ross Lamb and Stewart Latimer, who replaced Robert Clarke, Jermaine Brown and Greg Morgan.

City: Lewis Batchford, Ben Nunn, Hadley Brown, Robert Clarke, Mark Haines, Jermaine Brown, Warren Whitely, Ryan Batchford, Tyrone Scarlett, Joe Benjamin, Greg Morgan

Subs: Adam Vyse, Ross Lamb, Stewart Latimer

City now travel to Ebbsfleet United in the Third Round on a date that is still to be arranged, although the ties are scheduled to be played in the week commencing 21 November.

City were due to visit Brentwood again the following week, this time in

a league encounter, but with Brentwood unable to raise

a team for a variety of reasons, the Capital

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Next up for City is a trip to AFC Hornchurch on Thursday 3 November and then, on the following Tuesday, Brentwood Town visit Melbourne Park.

As a result of the Brentwood postponement, City have now fallen behind with their fixtures and occupy a position right in the middle of the table. However, they are ten points behind runaway leaders Billericay Town but do have five games in hand.

Both City and Ebbsfleet United have one-hundred percent records but have only played two and three games, respectively. AFC Hornchurch currently prop up the table having failed to secure a point from any of their three league games.

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Aug 31 AFC Hornchurch CL 4-2Sep 14 Harlow Town CL 5-0Oct 5 Brentwood Town PCC2 5-0Oct 12 Brentwood Town CL P-PNov 3 AFC Hornchurch CLNov 9 Brentwood Town CLNov 16 Billericay Town CLNov 23 Ebbsfleet United PCC3Dec 7 Enfield 1893 CLDec 14 Enfield Town CLDec 20 Enfield Town CLJan 11 Braintree Town CLJan 25 Braintree Town CLFeb 1 Harlow Town CLFeb 15 Enfield 1893 CLFeb 22 Ebbsfleet United CLFeb 29 Potters Bar Town CLMar 7 Cheshunt CLMar 14 Ebbsfleet United CLMar 21 Cheshunt CLMar 28 Billericay Town CLApr 4 Potters Bar Town CL

CL - Capital League, PCC - Presidents Challenge Cup

League Table 11/12

P PTSBillericay Town 7 16Ebbsfleet United 4 12Braintree Town 6 9Potters Bar Town 5 7Harlow Town 6 7Chelmsford City 2 6Enfield1893 3 4Brentwood Town 5 4Enfield Town 4 3Cheshunt 2 1AFC Hornchurch 4 0


City 3-1 East Thurrock UnitedSunday 16 OctoberEastern Region Women’s League,Division One South

Chelmsford’s pre match preparations were dealt an early blow when the influential Georgia Wheate was unable to take to the pitch having been injured in the warm up.

This did nothing to settle the Clarets as they struggled to get the ball down on the unpredictable surface. After a nervy first ten minutes, Chelmsford were presented with their best chance when youngster, Mollie Debell, headed over the bar from a corner.

On twenty-four minutes, a quick throw from Lynsey Bowman found Jasmine Wheeler who rounded her defender before poking the ball past the advancing goalkeeper to give the home side a deserved lead.

As the time ticked away to half time, Chelmsford became more confident on the ball and it seemed as though they were going to go into the break a goal ahead. These hopes were quickly dashed when, a minute before the break, Thurrock hit City on the counter attack to go into the break with the scoreline level.The second half saw City come out looking like a different team

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Aug 21 Leverstock Green L 5-2Aug 28 Hoddesdon Owls L 9-0*Sep 4 Haringey Borough L 4-0Sep 11 Colchester Town L 3-1Sep 18 Sawbridgeworth LC1 4-0Sep 25 East Thurrock L 1-6Oct 2 Wymondham Town FACQ1 8-0Oct 9 Hutton L 5-6Oct 16 East Thurrock L 3-1Oct 23 Hethersett FACQ2 0-7Oct 30 Haverhill Rovers LC2Nov 6 Baldock Town LNov 13 Sawbridgeworth LNov 20 Hannakins/Brentwood ECC2Nov 27 Leverstock Green LDec 11 Hoddesdon Owls LDec 18 Haringey Borough LJan 8 Colchester Town LJan 29 Royston Town LFeb 5 Hutton LFeb 26 Hannakins Farm LMar 4 Baldock Town L

*Match abandoned at half-time

League Table 11/12

P PTS Hutton 6 14 Hannakins 5 13 Sawbridgeworth Town 6 13 Chelmsford City 6 12 Colchester Town 6 11 Baldock Town 7 9 Haringey Borough 5 7 East Thurrock United 6 7 Leverstock Green 6 3 Royston Town 6 3 Hoddesdon Owls 5 0

and, with less than one minute played, the home side were back in front when Lynsey Bowman picked up the ball on the left wing before lofting it over the keeper.

This gave the home side added confidence and they should have been another goal ahead if it wasn’t for the Thurrock keeper who made a triple save to keep the ball out of the net.

Those heroics were to be in vain when, just after the hour mark, Chelmsford were awarded a penalty having seen Emma Ridings brought down in the box. Helen Alder (pictured above) stepped up and calmly slotted the ball home to make it 3-1.

Nicola Medici replaced the hardworking Ridings and was unlucky not to score

when she headed wide before, shortly afterwards, Emma Wells replaced Zoe Strong and could

have scored with her very first touch when she latched onto

a Bowman cross only to see her shot saved by the keeper. This was to be one of the final chances of the game as the Clarets secured a well-earned three points.Coach, Sharon Brownlie, enthused: “We were extremely disappointed with our performance in the first half but we came out looking like

a different team in the second. We were heavily

beaten by Thurrock just three weeks ago in the reverse fixture so to get the win today was really pleasing. A special mention must go to our defence who improved vastly in the second half.”

Chelmsford City: Sarah Waters, Caroline Brown, Kayleigh Franklin, Georgia Wheate (Amy Vernon), Laura Kendle, Emma Ridings (Nicola Medici), Zoe Strong (Emma Wells), Mollie DeBell, Jasmine Wheeler, Helen Alder, Lynsey Bowman

City POTM: Lynsey BowmanPlayers’ Player: Helen Alder

Unfortunately for City, yesterday saw the ladies fall out of the FA Cup at the Second Qualifying Round as they crashed to a 7-0 defeat at home to Hethersett Athletic.

Ladieswith Roger Barnard


The 49 Club

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How To Join: Select a number from 1-49 (available numbers can be found on this page below, on the club website or on the special 49 club noticeboard in the club house). Complete a standing order form or write a cheque out (payable to Chelmsford City FC) for your annual subscription. Each time your number comes up as the bonus ball on the Saturday National Lottery, you win HALF of your annual subscription. The normal subscription is £200 per annum, which can either be paid as one lump sum up front by cheque or by standing order of £16.67 per month. However, if you can’t stretch to this then you can pay whatever you want!

How To Win: It’s easy! EVERy TIME your number comes up as the bonus ball you win half of your annual fee! For example, if you wish to pay £5 per month then you will win £30 every time your number comes up (£5x12 months = £60).

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This Week’s Winners: Ball number 01 - Dave Ring



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P PTS1 Wrexham 18 39

2 Fleetwood Town 18 37

3 York City 18 34

4 Luton Town 18 33

5 Cambridge United 18 33

6 Gateshead FC 18 33

7 Southport 18 32

8 Mansfield Town 17 30

9 Braintree Town 18 29

10 Tamworth 17 29

11 Barrow 18 29

12 Kidderminster 18 28

13 Forest Green Rovers 18 23

14 Darlington 18 22

15 Grimsby Town 18 20

16 Ebbsfleet United 18 19

17 Kettering Town 18 19

18 Stockport County 18 18

19 AFC Telford Utd 18 18

20 Hayes & Yeading Utd 18 16

21 Lincoln City FC 18 16

22 Newport County 18 15

23 Alfreton Town 18 10

24 Bath City 18 7

Blue Square Premier

Today’s opponents, Eastleigh, have seen Ryan O’Hara depart the club after seeing injury hamper his chances of getting into the side. They have, instead, drafted in Michael Green on a month’s loan from Port Vale.

Farnborough have snapped up Crystal Palace defender, Jack Holland, on a month’s loan. Tall, powerfully built and a calm head under pressure has marked Holland out as one of the brightest prospects in the club’s academy ranks.

Boreham Wood have also shored up their defence by bringing in Sam Cox on a month’s loan deal from neighbours, Barnet. The Wood have suffered with a spate of defensive injuries this season and will hope to bring some stability to their back line.

News From The BSS News From Essex

P PTS1 Stalybridge Celtic 14 35

2 Hyde FC 13 32

3 Guiseley 13 28

4 Gainsborough Trinity 13 27

5 Worcester City 13 23

6 Boston United 14 23

7 Altrincham 14 22

8 Corby Town FC 13 21

9 Droylsden 13 20

10 Colwyn Bay 14 20

11 Nuneaton Town 13 18

12 Harrogate Town 13 18

13 FC Halifax Town 13 17

14 Gloucester City 13 16

15 Histon 14 16

16 Hinckley United 13 15

17 Vauxhall Motors 14 14

18 Bishops Stortford 13 12

19 Solihull Moors 13 10

20 Eastwood Town 13 9

21 Blyth Spartans AFC 13 9

22 Workington 13 8

Blue Square North

P PTS1 AFC Hornchurch 13 25

2 Billericay Town 11 24

3 Lowestoft Town 11 23

4 Hendon 10 23

5 Lewes 11 23

6 Cray Wanderers 11 22

7 Bury Town 11 22

8 Canvey Island 12 22

9 Metropolitan Police 12 19

10 Wingate & Finchley 12 18

11 Wealdstone 13 17

12 Harrow Borough 12 14

13 Kingstonian 11 13

14 Carshalton Athletic 11 13

15 Tooting & Mitcham 12 12

16 Margate 10 11

17 Aveley 12 11

18 Hastings United 12 10

19 East Thurrock United 11 8

20 Concord Rangers 10 7

21 Horsham 11 7

22 Leatherhead 11 5

Ryman Premier

P PTS1 Tilbury 13 24

2 Grays Athletic 10 23

3 Waltham Forest 9 21

4 Enfield Town 12 20

5 Harlow Town 12 20

6 Romford 12 19

7 Chatham Town 12 19

8 Needham Market 10 18

9 Thamesmead Town 10 18

10 Potters Bar Town 12 18

11 Leiston 10 17

12 Brentwood Town 11 17

13 Heybridge Swifts 12 15

14 Redbridge 10 14

15 Waltham Abbey 11 13

16 Cheshunt 11 12

17 Great Wakering 12 12

18 Soham Town 12 11

19 Maldon & Tiptree 9 7

20 AFC Sudbury 8 6

21 Ilford 12 5

22 Ware 12 5

Ryman North

The Third Round draw for the Essex Senior Cup has tied City with Great Wakering Rovers. The draw in full is;

Harlow Town vs Heybridge SwiftsHullbridge Sports vs Brightlingsea RegentSouthend United vs Waltham ForestFC Clacton vs Canvey IslandIlford vs Grays AthleticRedbridge vs AveleyBillericay Town vs Colchester UnitedRomford vs Braintree TownGreat Wakering Rovers vs Chelmsford CityThurrock vs AFC HornchurchBrentwood Town vs Stanway RoversConcord Rangers vs Southend ManorMaldon & Tiptree vs Waltham AbbeyEast Thurrock United vs TilburyDagenham & Redbridge vs Bowers & PitseaBarking vs Witham Town

The games are all to be played within the week commencing Monday 12 November. The draw sees the existing cup holders, Billericay Town, face a plum draw at home to League One side, Colchester.


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The JTS Partnership LLP is a multi-disciplinary Chartered Town Planning and Chartered Surveying practice, with offices in

Brentwood, Leeds and Canterbury. The JTS Partnership provides a comprehensive and innovative range of professional

services using the latest information technology, quality-assured management systems and has a wide range of technical

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The JTS Partnership work throughout the United Kingdom for a wide range of clients, from private individuals

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Some recent examples of the range of work that The JTS Partnership LLP provides include:

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for a new GP surgery on green belt land in Essex.


Welcome back for tonight’s game, it’s been a few weeks since our last game here. A time that stretches the resources of any football club and so shows the hard work Mansell and the board put into the running of our club - thank you from the SC.

It’s with great pleasure that I can announce that you have reached the target of £4,000 set for the purchase of six portable floodlights to train at a reasonable time.

Glenn and the team are delighted that we have again come together and hit a fundraising target set in pre-season. Discussions are taking place on delivery and we hope to organise an official hand over to the team as a fitting mark to the tremendous achievement of raising £4,000 in under four months.

We’ll keep the buckets going and switch to general fundraising; no specific projects are in mind as yet but, if you want to suggest any, please contact me via the supporters’ website at chelmsfordcitysupportersclub.co.uk

If you want to pen a few words for Clarets on then please, please do, sending them to [email protected].

A massive THANK YOU to Dave Chantry after ten years plus as our matchday announcer, how can we replace him? Dave has decided to hand the PA mic over after service in all weathers and difficult words.

From New Lodge to Park Drive and then here at Melbourne Park we have got used to Dave’s presence pitch side and he will be greatly missed. A massive thank you Dave for all your hard work and patience when, at times, the PA’s duties must have seemed cursed. Dave’s departure from the mic has provided an opportunity to think about sharing the load. Chris Evans is happy

to do the match play announcements but will not be able to do every game. If there is a budding announcer out there then please contact Chris or speak with myself.

We hope to use the PA hut (where St John’s Ambulance bases themselves) for pre match shout outs, music requests and what’s happening announcements. If a claret what’s to share this role for pre match and half time and full time then again please see either Chris or me.

A mouth-watering double bill on the 27th with Cliff Akurang in the players chair for your next Q&A. Joining Cliff and taking through the second half of the evening will be the return of our very own City Historian David Selby. As always, Dave will provide a fascinating insight into this part of City’s history.

After the success of last season, the SC will be holding a lunch upstairs in the Don Walker ‘Directors Bar’ Lounge on Saturday 19 November at 1.00pm (home to Bromley). Tickets are £8 and include a two-course meal - the SC also hope to be joined by some special guests joining us on ‘Chelmsford City Retro Day’

With thanks to Paul Roberts for sorting out the date and tickets so quickly, Tickets are on sale from Simon Stancevic and Bobby Brewster at any game, Mark in the Club Shop, the SC Evening on October 27th or through the SC PayPal on the SC website. Tickets will sell fast, so please act quickly to avoid disappointment.

Dig out that your old City shirt, knitted scarf and woolly hat as we look to add a little more claret to the game on the Saturday 19 November versus Bromley. The SC has designated this City Retro day when fans are being asked to squeeze into that item of clothing that once fitted so well. It’s all a bit of fun so let’s be having you turn up in your

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Saturday Oct 29, 19:00The ultimate City quiz

Wednesday Nov 30, 19:30Ten-pin bowling evening

previously warn and still very much loved city kit from years gone by.

Don’t forget to text your MOTM to 07570 244929 until up to half hour after the final whistle.

Recent MOTM award winners include Adam Tann for both the Tonbridge and Maidenhead matches, whilst Joe Benjamin took the award at Lowestoft.

Congratulations to Ricky Modeste for winning September’s Player of the Month award following on from his award in August, too.

Lastly, an e-mail from the newly formed SC members e-list was sent out on Saturday. If you are a member and haven’t received this but would like to receive City related updates, please leave your e-mail address with Mark in the club shop or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Enjoy today’s game and please join the SC if not already done so; together we can make a difference.

Up the City, wheel ‘em in!Paul Gorrie, Chairman


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Following last Sunday’s FA Cup Second Round draw in which City were paired with Football League Two side, Macclesfield Town, the Silkmen manager, Gary Simpson, has revealed that he sees the draw as a potential banana skin.

The Silkmen make a second successive trip to Essex following their First Round tie with East Thurrock United and, having seen them off by a convincing 3-0 scoreline, Simpson will be hoping that his side can repeat the performance at Melbourne Park in a fortnight.

“It’s another long trip, another tough game and it’s very much a potential banana skin,” he explained. “It does also give us a great chance of advancing through to the Third Round, though.

“Nobody should assume for one minute that it’s a foregone conclusion. At East Thurrock it was shown that the cup is a great leveller, so we’re going to have to be on our game from the very first minute or else we’ll be punished.”

Showing his knowledge of the Clarets’ cup enjoyment from last year, Simpson went on to say: “Chelmsford made the Second Round last year as well, pushing Wycombe all thw way away from home. They do have experience of this stage of the cup and, throw in home advantage, they’ll be looking forward to going one better this year.

“Hopefully the game at East Thurrock will show the lads what it is about and playing in a game like that will prepare you better than anything else. The whole experience should stand us in good stead and give us something to learn from.

“With a place in the Third Round up for stakes, there has never been a better incentive.”

They do have experience of this stage of the cup and, throw

in home advantage, they’ll be looking forward to going one

better this year

Macclesfield boss, Gary Simpson, reveals the potential for an upset in City’s FA Cup Second

Round tie

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Great WakeringOn the RoadGreat Wakering - 27 miles

How To Get There By CarLeave Chelmsford via the A1114 and, when you reach the A12 junction, go straight ahead towards the A130 and Southend.

After around nine miles, take the first exit onto the A1245, get into the right hand lane and take the third exit at the adjoining roundabout onto the A127.

Follow the road through for around five miles and, when you enter Southend, go straight over the roundabout towards Shoebury A13 and the seafront.

Go straight over the next three roundabouts and then, at the fourth, take the left signposted Shoebury A13 and Great Wakering. Immediately bear left, turn right at the next roundabout and then follow the next two straight over.

Turn left when you reach Little Wakering Hall lane, which is signposted for Burroughs Park. The ground will appear on your left.

What’s The Ground Like?Burroughs Park was entirely built by committee members and supporters who voluntarily gave their free time to provide the club with a proper home.

Starting in 1985, the project saw different elements added over the years; the pitch and clubhouse were ready from 1989 which allowed the club to join the Essex Intermediate League.

The main stand features seats from the old Bolton ground, Burnden Park, whilst a covered terrace sits opposite having been added at the turn of the millenium and runs for the middle third of that side.

Information:

Address:Burroughs Park, Little Wakering Hall Lane, Great Wakering, Essex, SS3 0HH

Capacity:3,500

Did you Know?Burroughs Park is named after former player, Roger Burroughs, as recognition of his assistance, whilst the record attendance was 1,150 in a friendly with Southend.

Ticket NewsTuesday 1 November 2011, 7.45pm kick-off

Adults: £7.50Concession: £3.50U11s: £1

Coach Travel - call 07506 873 741For travel details for this trip, see Mark in the Club Shop or call the travel number above.

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2011/12 StatisticsChelmsford City FC

Appearances and Goals

League Total1 Max Cornhill 3 5= Kezie Ibe 2 53 Cliff Akurang 3 4= David Rainford 4 4= Own Goal 2 46 Kenny Clark 2 2= Ricky Modeste 2 28 Mark Haines 1 1= Aiden Palmer 1 1= Adam Tann 1 1

Leading Goalscorers League Position

Blue Square S FA Cup FA Trophy Essex Senior Cup Season Total City Career TotalA G A G A G A G A G A G

Akurang, Cliff 10 (1) 3 2 1 - - - - 12 (1) 4 13 4Benjamin, Joe 4 (4) - 1 (1) - - - - - 5 (5) - 10 -Brown, Jermaine 8 (2) - (1) - - - - - 8 (3) - 11 -Clark, Kenny 13 2 2 - - - - - 15 2 15 2Cook, Anthony (4) - (1) - - - - - (5) - 79 20Corcoran, Sam 7 (1) - 2 - - - - - 9 (1) - 10 -Cornhill, Max 13 3 2 2 - - - - 15 5 15 5Haines, Mark 7 (2) 1 - - - - - - 7 (2) 1 78 2Ibe, Kezie 8 (5) 2 2 3 - - - - 10 (5) 5 110 39Miller, Justin 5 (2) - 2 - - - - - 7 (2) - 36 -Modeste, Ricky 12 2 2 - - - - - 14 2 103 11Morgan, Greg 5 (4) - (1) - - - - - 5 (5) - 10 -Nunn, Ben 8 - - - - - - - 8 - 56 1Palmer, Aiden 13 1 2 - - - - - 15 1 15 1Parker, Craig - - - - - - - - - - - -Pentney, Carl 5 - - - - - - - 5 - 18 -Rainford, David 10 4 1 - - - - - 11 4 151 58Scarlett, Tyrone - - - - - - - - - - 6 -Searle, Stuart 7 - 2 - - - - - 9 - 9 -Tann, Adam 6 1 2 - - - - - 8 1 53 2Whitely, Warren 7 (3) - (1) - - - - - 7 (4) - 11 -Woolley, Joe 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 -


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2011/12 StatisticsBlue Square Bet South

P W D L F A GD PTS1 Woking 16 12 3 1 39 13 26 392 Sutton United 15 10 3 2 33 15 18 333 Welling United 16 10 3 3 36 22 14 334 Dartford 15 10 2 3 32 17 15 325 Dover Athletic 16 7 7 2 24 11 13 286 Chelmsford City 16 7 7 2 27 15 12 287 Basingstoke Town 15 7 5 3 29 20 9 268 Boreham Wood 16 7 3 6 18 21 -3 249 Truro City 16 7 1 8 28 31 -3 2210 Dorchester Town 18 7 1 10 24 30 -6 2211 Tonbridge Angels 16 6 3 7 30 33 -3 2112 Eastbourne Borough 15 6 2 7 29 27 2 2013 Weston-Super-Mare 15 6 2 7 26 27 -1 2014 Eastleigh 16 6 2 8 19 27 -8 2015 Salisbury City 15 5 4 6 20 22 -2 1916 Havant & W 16 5 3 8 30 30 0 1817 Bromley 15 5 3 7 24 28 -4 1818 Maidenhead United 17 5 3 9 22 37 -15 1819 Farnborough 16 3 4 9 19 39 -20 1320 Staines Town 15 2 4 9 15 23 -8 1021 Hampton & RB 15 2 4 9 19 29 -10 1022 Thurrock 16 2 3 11 14 40 -26 9

League Table

P GD PTS1 Sutton United 6 16 162 Woking 6 11 163 Boreham Wood 6 6 164 Dover Athletic 6 7 145 Chelmsford City 6 6 126 Dartford 6 4 127 Eastleigh 6 3 128 Basingstoke Town 6 4 119 Welling United 6 0 1110 Tonbridge Angels 6 -2 911 Havant & W 6 3 812 Hampton & RB 6 1 713 Truro City 6 0 714 Eastbourne Borough 6 0 715 Dorchester Town 6 -1 716 Bromley 6 -3 517 Weston-super-Mare 6 -4 518 Salisbury City 6 -4 519 Thurrock 6 -6 420 Maidenhead United 6 -10 221 Staines Town 6 -8 122 Farnborough 6 -19 0

Form Table

MIN MAx AVEWoking 1,196 1,655 1,391Dartford 937 1,550 1,190Chelmsford City 764 1,042 933Dover Athletic 725 1,455 912Sutton United 505 1,332 804Salisbury City 667 899 777Eastbourne Borough 604 924 714Welling United 500 1,214 671Havant & W 502 799 662Truro City 434 1,017 636Tonbridge Angels 464 922 597Farnborough 504 788 583Bromley 337 648 507Eastleigh 391 665 504Staines Town 255 1,019 475Dorchester Town 367 628 467Basingstoke Town 336 614 428Hampton & RB 260 539 427Weston-super-Mare 313 480 382Thurrock 156 642 335Maidenhead United 221 405 326Boreham Wood 162 441 251

AttendancesTEAM GLS

1 Frannie Collin Tonbridge 13= Andy Pugh Welling 133 Charlie Sheringham Dartford 114 Moses Ademola Woking 95 Scott Walker Truro City 86 Delano Sam-Yorke Basingstoke 7= Jamie Slabber Eastleigh 7= Craig Watkins Sutton 79 Hakeem Araba Bromley 6= Elliot Bradbrook Dartford 6= David Bryant Boreham Wood 6= Paris Cowan-Hall Woking 6= Elvis Hammond Woking 6= Ryan Moss Dorchester 6= Tim Sills Basingstoke 6= Anthony Thomas Maidenhead 6= Ben Watson Eastbourne 618 Billy Bricknell Dover 5= Barry Hayles Truro 5= Fola Orilonishe Sutton 5

Goalscorers

X 22/11 17/3 17/12 3-2 1-0 10/3 21/4 21/1 4-3 2-2 31/3 31/12 3/12 1-1 1-2 25/2 6/3 4/2 13/12 4-1 7/41-1 X 2-1 3/12 3-1 10/3 12/11 18/2 24/3 14/4 11/2 0-1 1-0 7/1 9/4 26/12 2-1 28/4 1-2 2-1 21/1 28/17/1 4-0 X 25/2 9/4 13/12 0-1 3/12 10/3 24/3 22/11 4/2 0-1 2-2 11/2 3-0 21/4 26/12 21/1 1-1 31/3 2-4

24/3 0-0 19/11 x 0-0 0-0 2-3 9/4 3-0 2-2 3/3 18/2 5/12 14/4 21/1 7/1 26/12 2-2 0-1 10/3 4/2 28/414/1 21/4 3-1 7/4 X 17/12 3/12 2-1 3-0 10/3 2-1 17/3 31/3 25/2 2-1 11/2 28/1 3-1 1-2 2/1 12/11 29/112-1 0-1 28/4 11/2 24/3 X 21/1 0-3 1-3 6/12 12/11 25/2 4-0 26/12 14/4 19/11 7/1 3-1 9/4 3-2 1-3 0-10-0 31/3 6/12 6/3 2-2 4-0 X 26/12 7/1 0-0 14/1 1-1 21/4 28/1 24/3 9/4 3-1 0-0 18/2 25/2 1-0 19/11

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P GD PTS1 Woking 8 12 202 Welling United 8 11 203 Dartford 7 9 184 Sutton United 7 8 165 Boreham Wood 8 4 166 Salisbury City 8 7 147 Dover Athletic 8 7 148 Basingstoke Town 7 5 149 Eastleigh 8 4 1410 Havant & W 8 10 1311 Eastbourne Borough 7 7 1312 Dorchester Town 9 -1 1213 Tonbridge Angels 8 -3 1214 Weston-super-Mare 7 2 1115 Truro City 9 -4 916 Maidenhead United 9 -5 917 Bromley 7 3 818 Chelmsford City 8 1 819 Hampton & RB 8 -4 820 Staines Town 8 -4 721 Farnborough 8 -12 622 Thurrock 8 -18 2

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1 Chelmsford City 8 11 202 Woking 8 14 193 Sutton United 8 10 174 Dartford 8 6 145 Dover Athletic 8 6 146 Welling United 8 3 137 Truro City 7 1 138 Basingstoke Town 8 4 129 Dorchester Town 9 -5 1010 Bromley 8 -7 1011 Tonbridge Angels 8 0 912 Weston-super-Mare 8 -3 913 Maidenhead United 8 -10 914 Boreham Wood 8 -7 815 Eastbourne Borough 8 -5 716 Farnborough 8 -8 717 Thurrock 8 -8 718 Eastleigh 8 -12 619 Salisbury City 7 -9 520 Havant & W 8 -10 521 Staines Town 7 -4 322 Hampton & RB 7 -6 2

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Generating OpportunitiesThe Football Conference Community Club Development Fund


Good news stories in football rarely grab the headlines.

Often it is transfer speculation, tales of bad behaviour and general gossip that fill our back (and, sometimes, the front) pages. Yet we all know how football can be a force for good. We just need to get better at telling the story.

Where does the money go from the top of the game? Re-investing in its communities is central to the Premier League’s business model. A total of £167.2m was distributed outside of the Premier League in 2010/11 - over 14% of their £1.2bn turnover. The Football Conference is now in receipt of a formal £2m Solidarity agreement, in place for three seasons. Of this annual income, The Football Conference has agreed to invest £800,000 of this sum into their communities each year.

This created a unique opportunity: this money has created a new funding stream offering every club support to help grow their community work.

The Football Conference Community Club Development Fund is in its second season. Each club can apply for up to £15,000 as 50% contribution to their costs. Last season 43 clubs received grants totalling £450,000 for projects costing £1.08m. That means more than £500,000 was achieved from inward investment from outside football.

Projects have ranged from arts activities, volunteering, work with young people not in education or training (NEETs), disability sport teams, creating educational initiatives, working with isolated community groups, green projects, healthy eating and lifestyle, support for existing community programmes, and working in partnership with schools to deliver football coaching.

This money comes freely to the competition from the top of the game, because the Premier League and the PFA recognise the role Football Conference clubs play in their communities.

Whatever the result today, let’s celebrate that good news.

CREATED A NEW FUNDINGSTREAM TO SUPPORT GROWINGCOMMUNITY WORK...


DATE OPPONENTS COMP RES ATT POS SUBSTITUTES

Sat Aug 13 Truro City H BSS 0-1 928 17 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Benjamin Woolley Akurang Haines Brown Whitely

Sat Aug 20 Havant & Waterlooville A BSS 3-2 692 13 Woolley Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Morgan Benjamin Ibe Haines Corcoran Whitely

Mon Aug 22 Farnborough H BSS 2-2 764 15 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Morgan Woolley Ibe Haines Corcoran Whitely

Sat Aug 27 Dartford H BSS 0-0 1,013 16 Searle Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Corcoran Modeste Brown Ibe Cornhill Whitely Woolley Benjamin Miller Morgan Scarlett

Mon Aug 29 Eastbourne Borough A BSS 3-1 781 12 Searle Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Woolley Ibe Benjamin Corcoran Morgan

Sat Sep 3 Dover Athletic H BSS 2-3 1,031 14 Searle Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Miller Corcoran Morgan

Sat Sep 10 Hampton & RB A BSS 4-0 489 13 Searle Miller Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Nunn Corcoran Morgan

Tue Sep 13 Staines Town A BSS 1-1 264 10 Pentney Miller Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Nunn Corcoran Morgan

Sat Sep 17 Weston-super-Mare A BSS 2-1 431 6 Pentney Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Morgan Corcoran Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Miller Brown Cook

Mon Sep 19 Tonbridge Angels H BSS 2-2 938 6 Pentney Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Akurang Miller Brown Cook

Sat Sep 24 Boreham Wood H BSS 0-0 1,042 8 Pentney Miller Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Benjamin Morgan Haines Brown Cook

Sat Oct 1 Tonbridge Angels H FACQ2 3-0 653 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe2 Cornhill Akurang

Sat Oct 8 Maidenhead United A BSS 1-1 355 9 Pentney Miller Palmer Tann Clark Brown Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Benjamin Whitely Haines Nunn Cook

Sat Oct 15 Lowestoft Town A FACQ3 5-2 1,065 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Benjamin Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill2 Akurang Whitely Brown Haines Nunn Scarlett

Sat Oct 22 Salisbury City A BSS 1-0 763 6 Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Benjamin Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Whitely Brown Haines Nunn Morgan

Mon Oct 24 Eastleigh H BSS 3-0 937 6 Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Morgan Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Bakare Brown Haines Nunn Whitely

Sat Oct 29 Gloucester City H FACQ4 1-1 928 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Morgan Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang

Tue Nov 1 Gloucester City A FACQ4R 1-0 490 - Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Whitely Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang

Sat Nov 5 Farnborough A BSS 3-1 505 5 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Whitely Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Bakare Benjamin Brown Haines Rainford

Mon Nov 7 Dorchester Town H BSS 0-0 813 5 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Whitely Modeste Corcoran Bakare Cornhill Akurang Miller Benjamin Brown Haines Rainford

Wed Nov 9 Great Wakering Rovers A ESC3 5-2 108 - Batchford.L Miller Adjie Batchford.R Haines Rainford Crick Parker Lamb2 Benjamin2 Scarlett Vyse Latimer Clarke Ayodele

Sat Nov 12 AFC Telford United H FAC1 4-0 1,430 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Rainford2 Whitely Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Morgan

Sat Nov 19 Bromley H BSS 15:00

Tue Nov 22 Woking A BSS 19:45

Sat Nov 26 Woking H FATQ3 15:00

Mon Nov 28 Concord Rangers H ESC4 19:45

Sat Dec 3 Macclesfield Town H FAC2 15:00

Mon Dec 5 Maidenhead United H BSS 19:45

Sat Dec 10 FA Trophy 1

Mon Dec 12 Boreham Wood A BSS 19:45

Sat Dec 17 Basingstoke Town A BSS 15:00

Mon Dec 26 Thurrock H BSS 15:00

Sun Jan 1 Thurrock A BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 7 Sutton United H BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 14 Truro City A BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 21 Staines Town H BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 28 Welling United A BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 4 Weston-super-Mare H BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 11 Dorchester Town A BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 18 Havant & Waterlooville H BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 25 Bromley A BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 3 Hampton & RB H BSS 15:00

Tue Mar 6 Dover Athletic A BSS 19:45

Sat Mar 10 Welling United H BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 17 Sutton United A BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 24 Basingstoke Town H BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 31 Tonbridge Angels A BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 7 Dartford A BSS 15:00

Mon Apr 9 Eastbourne Borough H BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 14 Salisbury City H BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 21 Eastleigh A BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 28 Woking H BSS 15:00

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DATE OPPONENTS COMP RES ATT POS SUBSTITUTES

Sat Aug 13 Truro City H BSS 0-1 928 17 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Benjamin Woolley Akurang Haines Brown Whitely

Sat Aug 20 Havant & Waterlooville A BSS 3-2 692 13 Woolley Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Morgan Benjamin Ibe Haines Corcoran Whitely

Mon Aug 22 Farnborough H BSS 2-2 764 15 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Morgan Woolley Ibe Haines Corcoran Whitely

Sat Aug 27 Dartford H BSS 0-0 1,013 16 Searle Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Corcoran Modeste Brown Ibe Cornhill Whitely Woolley Benjamin Miller Morgan Scarlett

Mon Aug 29 Eastbourne Borough A BSS 3-1 781 12 Searle Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Woolley Ibe Benjamin Corcoran Morgan

Sat Sep 3 Dover Athletic H BSS 2-3 1,031 14 Searle Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Miller Corcoran Morgan

Sat Sep 10 Hampton & RB A BSS 4-0 489 13 Searle Miller Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Nunn Corcoran Morgan

Tue Sep 13 Staines Town A BSS 1-1 264 10 Pentney Miller Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Brown Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Nunn Corcoran Morgan

Sat Sep 17 Weston-super-Mare A BSS 2-1 431 6 Pentney Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Morgan Corcoran Akurang Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Ibe Miller Brown Cook

Mon Sep 19 Tonbridge Angels H BSS 2-2 938 6 Pentney Nunn Palmer Haines Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Whitely Benjamin Akurang Miller Brown Cook

Sat Sep 24 Boreham Wood H BSS 0-0 1,042 8 Pentney Miller Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Benjamin Morgan Haines Brown Cook

Sat Oct 1 Tonbridge Angels H FACQ2 3-0 653 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Rainford Modeste Corcoran Ibe2 Cornhill Akurang

Sat Oct 8 Maidenhead United A BSS 1-1 355 9 Pentney Miller Palmer Tann Clark Brown Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Benjamin Whitely Haines Nunn Cook

Sat Oct 15 Lowestoft Town A FACQ3 5-2 1,065 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Benjamin Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill2 Akurang Whitely Brown Haines Nunn Scarlett

Sat Oct 22 Salisbury City A BSS 1-0 763 6 Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Benjamin Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Whitely Brown Haines Nunn Morgan

Mon Oct 24 Eastleigh H BSS 3-0 937 6 Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Morgan Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Bakare Brown Haines Nunn Whitely

Sat Oct 29 Gloucester City H FACQ4 1-1 928 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Morgan Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang

Tue Nov 1 Gloucester City A FACQ4R 1-0 490 - Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Whitely Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang

Sat Nov 5 Farnborough A BSS 3-1 505 5 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Whitely Modeste Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Akurang Bakare Benjamin Brown Haines Rainford

Mon Nov 7 Dorchester Town H BSS 0-0 813 5 Searle Nunn Palmer Tann Clark Whitely Modeste Corcoran Bakare Cornhill Akurang Miller Benjamin Brown Haines Rainford

Wed Nov 9 Great Wakering Rovers A ESC3 5-2 108 - Batchford.L Miller Adjie Batchford.R Haines Rainford Crick Parker Lamb2 Benjamin2 Scarlett Vyse Latimer Clarke Ayodele

Sat Nov 12 AFC Telford United H FAC1 4-0 1,430 - Searle Miller Palmer Tann Clark Rainford2 Whitely Corcoran Ibe Cornhill Morgan

Sat Nov 19 Bromley H BSS 15:00

Tue Nov 22 Woking A BSS 19:45

Sat Nov 26 Woking H FATQ3 15:00

Mon Nov 28 Concord Rangers H ESC4 19:45

Sat Dec 3 Macclesfield Town H FAC2 15:00

Mon Dec 5 Maidenhead United H BSS 19:45

Sat Dec 10 FA Trophy 1

Mon Dec 12 Boreham Wood A BSS 19:45

Sat Dec 17 Basingstoke Town A BSS 15:00

Mon Dec 26 Thurrock H BSS 15:00

Sun Jan 1 Thurrock A BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 7 Sutton United H BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 14 Truro City A BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 21 Staines Town H BSS 15:00

Sat Jan 28 Welling United A BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 4 Weston-super-Mare H BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 11 Dorchester Town A BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 18 Havant & Waterlooville H BSS 15:00

Sat Feb 25 Bromley A BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 3 Hampton & RB H BSS 15:00

Tue Mar 6 Dover Athletic A BSS 19:45

Sat Mar 10 Welling United H BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 17 Sutton United A BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 24 Basingstoke Town H BSS 15:00

Sat Mar 31 Tonbridge Angels A BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 7 Dartford A BSS 15:00

Mon Apr 9 Eastbourne Borough H BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 14 Salisbury City H BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 21 Eastleigh A BSS 15:00

Sat Apr 28 Woking H BSS 15:00

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Harrison Benjamin Brown Haines Nunn Scarlett WhitelyBatchford Benjamin Brown Haines Parker Scarlett

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The Goalden Goal winners from the AFC Telford game were:

Chris Ewers who wins £35 for the 11th minuteAlistair Whipps who wins £35 for the 11th minuteDenis White who wins £10 for the 45th minuteDaniel Brown who wins £10 for the 45th minute

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After this afternoon’s game City will head into their toughest fortnight of the season to date, with two successive matches against league leaders, Woking, followed by an FA Cup tie with Macclesfield Town.

It has been some start to the campaign for Garry Hill’s Woking and, next Saturday, they will provide an extremely stern test for the Clarets as they travel to Essex for the FA Trophy Third Qualifying Round.

Saturday’s game follows City’s trip to Surrey on Tuesday night as they play the fixture that was rearranged to accommodate the AFC Telford FA Cup game last weekend, and the two games could prove good indication of the credentials of this season’s squad.

With twelve wins from their last fourteen league games and only dropping nine points so far all season, Woking have proven the standout side in this season’s Blue Square South to date.

Three points clear of Welling at the top of the league and with Tuesday night as their game in hand, too, the Cards are certainly flying and look set for an exciting campaign at the right end of the table.

Not only are they flying but, according to Hill, they’re doing it with a classy fashion as well: “We’re playing a great brand of football and we’re sitting in a position we’re very proud of at the moment - to have thirty-nine points on the board out of the first forty-eight is, at any level of football, a tremendous achievement.

“If I was the manager of a team that had the opportunity to play Woking, I’d be very reluctant to do so at the moment as we’re playing some good stuff.”

Despite being out of the FA Cup, Woking’s league form has shown zero sign of suffering as the side have continued marching ahead at the summit of the table.

Next to MelbourneWoking

Backed with the firepower of ex-City frontman, Wayne Gray, Woking have an abundance of striking talent this season that sees three of their players in the league’s top thirteen goalscorers - namely Moses Ademola, Paris Cowan-Hall and Elvis Hammond with a collective twenty-one goals.

Prior to Tuesday’s first clash with City, Woking travel to Dover Athletic this afternoon in what will be another stern test. It will be interesting to see how the directions that both City’s and Woking’s fortunes take in the next seven days.

We’re keen to get your thoughts on this season’s programme, so please send an e-mail to [email protected] to pass on ideas and feedback; all will be very much appreciated.

Recent FormOct 8 Home to Salisbury, drew 0-0Oct 22 Away to Staines, won 1-0Oct 24 Home to Weston-s-Mare, won 4-1Oct 29 Away to Truro, won 4-1Nov 5 Home to Havant & Waterlooville, won 3-0

IF I HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY

VERY RELUCTANT TO DO SO...WOKING RIGHT NOW I’D BE

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Chelmsford CityManager: Glenn Pennyfather

AFC TelfordManager: Andy Sinton

Stuart Searle

Ashley Harrison

Ben Nunn

Mark Haines

Adam Tann

Justin Miller

Aiden Palmer

Kenny Clark

Ryan Batchford

Sam Corcoran

Max Cornhill

Craig Parker

Greg Morgan

Anthony Cook

Warren Whitely

David Rainford

Jermaine Brown

Ricky Modeste

Joe Benjamin

Kezie Ibe

Cliff Akurang

Michael Bakare

Tyrone Scarlett

Ross Lamb

1. Ryan Young

2. Will Salmon

3. Sean Newton

4. Carl Rodgers

5. Stuart Whitehead

6. Shane Killock

7. James Reid

8. Phil Trainer

10. Andy Brown

11. Jon Adams

12. Dwayne Samuels

13. Lee Evans

15. Nathan Rooney

16. Daniel Preston

17. Craig King

19. Craig Farrell

20. Richard Davies

21. Jordan Johnson

22. Courtney Pitt

23. Ryan Valentine

24. Greg Mills

25. Chris Sharp

26. Conal Platt

30. Spencer Weir-Daley

31. Adam Proudlock

32. Ryan Robinson

33. Curtley Williams

OfficialsRefereeMr D Ford

AssistantsMr M HoptonMr D Avent

Fourth OfficialMr A Serrano

FA Cup FixturesTodayAFC Totton v Bradford P.AAFC Wimbledon v ScunthorpeAlfreton v CarlisleBarrow v RotherhamBlyth v GatesheadBournemouth v GillinghamBradford v RochdaleBrentford v BasingstokeBristol Rovers v CorbyBury v CrawleyCity v AFC TelfordChesterfield v TorquayCrewe v ColchesterDagenham v BathEast Thurrock v MacclesfieldExeter v WalsallFleetwood v WycombeHartlepool v StevenageHereford v YeovilHinckley v TamworthLeyton Orient v BromleyLuton v Northampton Maidenhead v Aldershot MK Dons v NantwichNewport v ShrewsburyNotts County v AccringtonOldham v BurtonPlymouth v StourbridgePort Vale v GrimsbyPreston v SouthendRedbridge v Oxford CitySalisbury v ArleseySheffield Utd v Oxford UtdSouthport v BarnetSutton v KetteringSwindon v HuddersfieldTranmere v Cheltenham

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BromleySaturday 19 November 2011Kick-off: 3.00pm

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